Woodsy Owl wins FFA pumpkin contest By SALLY BAIR Feature Writer LEBANON - When is a pumpkin not a pumpkin? When it’s an owl, or a Humpty Dumpty or even a turkey. These were just a few of the creatures which started out as ordinary pumpkins and wound up in the fourth annual pumpkin decorating contest spon sored by the Cedar Crest Future Farmers of America last Saturday. The contest is the climax of an FFA program which began last Spring when FFA members distributed pumpkin seeds, donated by Agway, Inc., Lebanon, to all third and fourth graders in the Cornwall-Lebanon School district. Three elementary schools which include Ebenezer, Cornwall, and South Lebanon par ticipate annually. Cash awards were given to the first three prizes in each grade m each of three categories, and champions in each division received a trophy. Tom Thompson earned off grand championship honors /WO. 1 CHOICE OF FARMERS RD 4 BOX 34A GETTYSBURG , PA 17325 Mail This Coupon or Call (717) 334-2168 in the best decorated category with his very carefully detailed likeness of Woodsy Owl, who carried a sign advising, “Give a hoot, don’t pollute.” Tom is in the fourth grade and lives at 3209 West Oak, Lebanon. It’s the second year in a row that Tom took first place in that category, and he said he got the idea “from a book.” Joe Connor, 408 Davis Lane, Lebanon, took first place in the third grade in the best decorated category. He had a Humpty Dumpty, appropriately perched on a wall. Joe, 8, said his father helped him with the idea, after they first tried to decorate a baby. For tunately, Humpty didn’t fall. Other awards in that category were as follows: Third grade - second place, Jennifer Oqurchak, Box 38, Cornwall; third place, Diane Grumbine, 1320 Sandhill Road, Lebanon. Fourth grade - second place, Jody Gibble, Lebanon R 2; and third place, Roberta Hostetter, Lebanon R 2. An art teacher at Cedar TIME TO BUY THAT MORTON BUILDING YOU'VE WANTED ALL YEAR! For further information mail coupon to nearest Morton Buildings sales office listed below J □ Send informa'ion on MORTON BUILDINGS LF. ■ L J Have your salesman phone me for an appointment I □ Garages Shops L" 5 Hog Confinement | □ Machine Sheds □ Cattle Confinement ■ □ Horse Barns □ Free Stall Barns & Silo Feed Roorra CD Gram Storage Cj Livestock Barns Crest High School judged the decorated pumpkins. By far the easiest category to judge was the “heaviest” pumpkin, and FFA mem bers took charge of this group. The two first place awaids went to brothers, Brian Hertzler, 7, third grade, and Scott Hertzler, fourth grade. They live at Lebanon R 7. Scott, 9, was awarded the grand cham pionship trophy. Other winners in that category were: third grade - second place, Donald Bowman, 402 Locust Street, Cleona; and third place, Gail Sotzweiler, Lebanon R 5. In the three most uniform pumpkins category a third grader took the grand champion trophy. Joan Copenhaver, 8, Box 2035 Reist Road, Lebanon, was the big winner. In second place was Brian Hertzler, Lebanon R 7, and Donald Bowman, 402 Locust Street, Cleona, was third. In fourth grade, the first place most uniform pum pkins went to Robert Hostetter; second place was Scott Hertzler, Lebanon R 7; ~~ X „ I NAME j ADDRESS I Telephone No and third went to Jody Gibble, Lebanon R 2. Richard Moore, adviser to the Young Farmer Association, judged the most uniform category. Jay Lentz, FFA advisor, said the FFA feels the contest is a good public relations event for them partly because it generates some interest among elementary students in the vocational agriculture program. “It helps them become aware uf wh 0 ! - ' available,” he said. He added that it is good experience for the FFA members, because they go to the elementary classes in the Sprmg to explain the contest and give some tips on growing the pumpkins. “They also learn about organizing the contest,” Lentz said. Another advantage of the contest, according to Lentz, is that “it helps elementary students who probably normally don’t have gar dens.” He explamed that the students go to the classes FREE! Beautiful MORTON BUILDINGS Man’s Self-Winding Day/Date WRIST WATCH With Each New Morton Building Purchased Between Nov 1,1977 and Dec 24, 1977 (Erected at our convenience) MORTON . jf MACHINE SHED % ?** , Ilisii * > °'Z < BARN Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 5,1977 agam in the Fall to remind the children about the contest and to give specific instructions. The children who enter not only can win cash prizes, but everyone is treated to an appropriate film and a snack of cupcakes and milk. Grand champion decorated pumpkin in the contest was Woodsy Owl, exhibited by Tom Thompson, 9, of the fourth grade. ' S' At m- Humpty Dumpty was the best decorated pumpkin in third grade, being shown by Joe Connor, 8. Candlelight tour set GAP - White Chimney’s November candlelight visitations will be held on November 19 and 20 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. As they did during the October candlelight tours, White Chimneys’ hostesses will “play the roles” of Slaymaker women who have occupied the home from the mid 18th century to the present. I H ■ It was evident that the contest made a lot oi children happy, and one younger brother who was along was already looking forward to next year’s event Lentz says the club wil certainly continue it. Visitors will also be in troduced to one of the home’s most distinguished guests, General Lafayette, who will describe his visit to White Chimneys m 1825. General Lafayette will be portrayed by David Keller who was well known for his part as General Hand during the Lancaster Bicentennial activities. Admission is $2 for adults; $ 75 for children under 12. 59
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